Video calling highly sought feature from Indian users: WhatsApp CEO

Video calling was one of the most-sought features from the Indian consumers, WhatsApp chief executive and co-founder Jan Koum Tuesday said while rolling out a new feature in the country.Muntazir Abbas | ETTelecom | Updated: November 15, 2016, 16:41 IST

In the coming days, WhatsApp's more than one billion users can make video calls across Android, iPhone, and Windows devices, the Çalifornia-based over-the-top content (OTT) company said.

WhatsApp said that it always aims to help as many people as possible stay in touch with friends, family, and others they care about and added that it is introducing video feature as it felt that voice and text just were not enough.

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